Fostering Interdisciplinary Research

Science for a New Century

Quantum information science and technology research is
conducted at several outstanding universities and laboratories around the world, including
LANL. At Los Alamos, however, even the most basic quantum research often
has national security implications or connections.

Although the Quantum Initiative's national security mission at Los Alamos
is manifest in many areas, it is perhaps most evident in two of the
Laboratory's most successful quantum technology initiatives— quantum
cryptography and the race for a quantum computer.